ECT cost in Kentucky
In Kentucky, 22 hospitals publish a cash price for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), one session: from $170.16 to $3,979.19, with a median of $905.87. The lowest price is at University of Louisville Hospital (Louisville). The highest price is 23.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $905.87, is 16% below the US median of $1,074.00.
- That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($877.34).
- Kentucky ranks 17th of 36 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 22 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 90870. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 22, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$170.16University of Louisville Hospital
Median$905.87half of hospitals charge less
Highest$3,979.19in Kentucky
Lowest saves$735.71vs the median
Hospitals in Kentucky, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Hospital lowest Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY | $170.16 | $709.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Norton Audubon Hospital Louisville · Louisville, KY HB ECT | $226.60 | $1,133.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB ECT | $226.60 | $1,133.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB ECT | $226.60 | $1,133.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB ECT | $226.60 | $1,133.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB ECT | $226.60 | $1,133.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB ECT | $226.60 | $1,133.00 | Feb 13, 2026 source file |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY | $255.24 | $709.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Spring View Hospital Lebanon · Lebanon, KY Electroconvulsive therapy (includes necessary monitoring) | $676.06 | $1,690.14 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Our Lady of Peace Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ECT TREATMENT | $751.96 | $1,338.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Deaconess Henderson Hospital Henderson · Henderson, KY HC ECT SEIZURE SINGLE | $802.20 | $2,674.00 | Feb 9, 2026 source file |
| University of Kentucky Hospital Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY Hc Electroconvulsive Therapy,1 Seiz | $1,009.53 | $2,523.82 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital Paducah · Paducah, KY-IL HC Ect | $1,830.60 | $3,051.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Elizabeth Edgewood Edgewood · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN HB ECT PROCEDURE | $2,130.57 | $2,130.57 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Corbin Corbin · Corbin, KY Therapy using electrical currents | $3,490.93 | $4,654.57 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Hardin Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, KY Therapy using electrical currents | $3,490.93 | $4,654.57 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Therapy using electrical currents | $3,490.93 | $4,654.57 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Lexington Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY Therapy using electrical currents | $3,490.93 | $4,654.57 | Sep 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Therapy using electrical currents | $3,490.93 | $4,654.57 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Paducah Paducah · Paducah, KY-IL Therapy using electrical currents | $3,490.93 | $4,654.57 | Sep 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Richmond Richmond · Richmond-Berea, KY Therapy using electrical currents | $3,490.93 | $4,654.57 | Sep 28, 2026 source file |
| Three Rivers Medical Center Louisa · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Therapy using electrical currents | $3,979.19 | $6,631.98 | Sep 17, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 10 | $170.16 | $226.60 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 2 | $1,009.53 | $2,250.23 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 2 | $1,830.60 | $2,660.76 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 1 | $2,130.57 | $2,130.57 |
| Corbin, KY | 1 | $3,490.93 | $3,490.93 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 1 | $3,490.93 | $3,490.93 |
| Henderson, KY | 1 | $802.20 | $802.20 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 1 | $3,979.19 | $3,979.19 |
| Lebanon, KY | 1 | $676.06 | $676.06 |
| Louisville, KY | 1 | $226.60 | $226.60 |
| Richmond-Berea, KY | 1 | $3,490.93 | $3,490.93 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What ECT is, what the price covers and why prices differ: ECT explained.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), one session in other states
- Alabama$977.00
- Alaska$3,114.82, 2 hospitals
- Arizona$935.28
- Arkansas$298.75
- California$2,401.00
- Colorado$4,647.26
- Connecticut$2,118.00, 3 hospitals
- District of Columbia$663.50, 1 hospital
- Florida$1,379.30
- Georgia$3,334.69
- Idaho$2,396.14, 4 hospitals
- Illinois$904.50
- Indiana$1,269.90
- Iowa$842.62
- Kansas$3,395.17, 4 hospitals
- Louisiana$523.20
- Maine$1,011.75
- Maryland$6,714.18, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$1,019.63
- Michigan$827.45
- Minnesota$567.82
- Mississippi$352.59
- Missouri$1,298.48
- Montana$1,049.86, 2 hospitals
- Nebraska$585.66
- Nevada$3,770.00, 1 hospital
- New Hampshire$2,595.50
- New Jersey$587.81
- New Mexico$1,265.16, 2 hospitals
- New York$861.94
- North Carolina$1,804.50
- North Dakota$957.60
- Ohio$1,353.00
- Oklahoma$730.74
- Oregon$1,341.30
- Pennsylvania$1,262.40
- Rhode Island$342.30, 3 hospitals
- South Carolina$1,370.20
- South Dakota$1,535.20, 1 hospital
- Tennessee$785.96
- Texas$1,052.70
- Utah$3,953.27
- Vermont$873.18, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$794.50
- Washington$840.99
- West Virginia$809.00
- Wisconsin$731.25
- Wyoming$1,362.58, 1 hospital
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.